Thursday, August 20, 2009

Eyes Quotes and Sayings

“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body. “Marcus Tulius Cicero

“The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. “Marcus Tullius Cicero

"“You never know how you look through other people's eyes.”Unknown

“My eyes make pictures, when they are shut. “Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.” Pablo Picasso

“What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. “Paracelsus

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Henri Bergson

“If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful. “Sophia Loren

“When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes. “Victor Hugo

“The eyes those silent tongues of love. “Miguel de Cervantes

“Among the blind, the squinter rules” Proverb

“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. “Stevie Wonder

“The eyes are the amulets of the mind. “William R. Alger

“An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.” Martin Buber

“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living? “Bob Marley

“Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into. “Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. “Charles Caleb Colton

“How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. “Alan Watts

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. “Bible

“Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life. “Thomas Merton

“The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine” Plato

“A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every other part about us; and I believe the story of Argus implies no more than that the eye is in every part; that is to say, every other part would be mutilated were not its force represented more by the eye than even by itself. “Joseph Addison

“There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.” G. K. Chesterton

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others. “Ellen DeGeneres

“It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. “Charles Dickens

“Who can blind lover's eyes? “Virgil

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. “Henry Ford

“The harvest of a quiet eye, That broods and sleeps on his own heart. “William Wordsworth

“TV is chewing gum for the eyes. “Frank Lloyd Wright

“Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. “Richard Bach

“One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears. “Zsa Zsa Gabor

“What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire. “Proverb

“Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears” Heraclitus of Ephesus

“No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.” Jean Toomer

“And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes. “James Joyce

“Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not” Plato

“Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. “: Proverb

“You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.” Stanislaw Lec

“Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. “Warren G. Bennis

“I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it. “Laurence Olivier

“There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. “Friedrich Nietzsche

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. “Mark Twain

“I will know him by his eyes. “Taylor Caldwell

“Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream. “Michel de Montaigne

“Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. “Christian Nestell Bovee

“The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.” Amos Bronson Alcott

“The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde. “ Robert Burton

“To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of another. For the time being, this seems to me an admissible definition of what we call social feeling.” Alfred Adler

“The eye is easily frightened. “Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one. “George Herbert

“I shut my eyes in order to see. “Paul Gauguin

“An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes. “H. Powers

“Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes. “Euripides

“Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. “Thomas Carlyle

“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. “Gertrude Stein

“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. “Nikos Kazantzakis

“Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive. “Napoleon Hill

“Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.” George MacDonald

“No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes. “Paulo Coelho

“Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.” : William Cullen Bryant

“A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind. “ William Shakespeare

“What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.” Robert Green Ingersoll

“The eyes are the mirror of the soul” Yiddish Proverb

“She has an eye that could speak, though her tongue were silent. “Aaron Hill

“The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. “Benjamin Franklin

“Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. “Jim Carrey

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. “Albert Einstein

“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” Groucho Marx

“I prefer to see with closed eyes. “Josef Albers

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. “Theodore Roosevelt

“What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye. “Horace

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. “Sylvia Plath

“We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. “William Hazlitt